TRUDIE Styler is to make a rare appearance in the North East next month when she treads the boards at a popular theatre.
The wife of rock star veteran Sting has starred in a host of TV shows and films, including Midsomer Murders, Love Soup and even Friends.
And now the actress and producer, 57, is coming to the Customs House in South Shields, South Tyneside, to star in A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson.
Her Customs House appearance will also be the only UK dates she will be making during the play’s national tour, as she is working elsewhere for the rest of the dates.
However, it is not known if she’ll have her music legend husband – a former St Cuthbert’s School in Newcastle pupil – with her for the two performances.
Both she and Sting, 59, spend much of their time working in a variety of countries, not least of all on their charity projects, including the Rainforest Foundation which they set up in 1989 to help support indigenous rainforest folk.
While they have strong connections to the region they split their time between a long list of homes, including a manor house in Wiltshire, England, a country cottage in the Lake District, and several other homes in New York, Malibu, London and Tuscany.
Ms Tyler, who has been married to Sting for 19 years, will play a society hostess in the show by the Out of Joint production company.
Directed by Max Stafford-Clark, the play promises to take the audience into the fascinating world of Samuel Johnson, played by Ian Redford, who is best known in history as the writer of the very first dictionary.
Russell Barr takes on several roles in the play, which runs on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5, in which Ms Styler plays Mrs Thrale, the society hostess who was Johnson’s final, unrequited love.
